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Topic: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?  (Read 1756 times)

Offline ranniks

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Like, just 1 person the whole song? John Stump's version btw.

Is it made impossible to play by 1 person because you need more than 20 fingers or because the reach is too difficult?

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #1 on: December 09, 2012, 11:04:08 PM


Like, just 1 person the whole song? John Stump's version btw.

Is it made impossible to play by 1 person because you need more than 20 fingers or because the reach is too difficult?



It is impossible. The reach is WAY too large for a person's hand and you need at least 15 fingers.

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #2 on: December 09, 2012, 11:08:00 PM
Is it made impossible to play by 1 person because you need more than 20 fingers or because the reach is too difficult?

Both.

But a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius (or many people of lesser ability) could play it by "rewriting" it for one piano and two hands.
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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #3 on: December 09, 2012, 11:09:50 PM
Both.

But a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius (or many people of lesser ability) could play it by "rewriting" it for one piano and two hands.

That's a good way to get around it.

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #4 on: November 25, 2014, 09:59:19 AM
is this a piano forum or a forum about musical body building?

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #5 on: November 25, 2014, 01:13:52 PM
This guy does a pretty good job.

Although I have to make sure, are you aware that John Stump's Death Waltz is something different?
https://socks-studio.com/2012/05/19/the-unplayable-score-faeries-aire-and-death-waltz-john-stump/

For some reason this score was commonly mixed up on the internet for an outrageous arrangement of the theme UN Owen was her from a game called Touhou:


(PS EVEN THE VIDEO POSTER GETS IT WRONG LOL, THIS IS NOT BY JOHN STUMP)

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #6 on: November 26, 2014, 12:09:12 AM
I'm wondering how they tuned an acoustic to a digital... in different locations.  Assuming it's different locations... Maybe it's not.  Could be the same room. 

It almost looks like it needs a conductor.
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #7 on: November 26, 2014, 12:25:14 AM
It would amusing to here someone play this in a more serious event, like a church or thrown in with some xmas music maybe.



A little spastic.  And the same UN Owen labeling...
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Re: Can a genius of geniuses of geniuses of genius.....play this?
Reply #8 on: November 26, 2014, 12:36:30 AM

Here's a kid.  I doubt he's a genius but he's playing something like it.




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